Chris Dyer

The UIL handed down more punishment to the DeSoto and Duncanville boys basketball teams after last week’s brawl.

The UIL will meet Tuesday outside of Austin to discuss last week’s brawl between Duncanville and DeSoto, along with possible rules violations with Dallas Kimball and Dallas Conrad.

Dallas County Commissioners Tuesday approved a new 2017 budget which includes 8-percent raises for county employees.

Dallas County Commissioners Tuesday approved 6% raises for themselves and other elected officials, reduced from 8% after strong opposition from Dallas County Deputies who may get smaller raises.

When it comes to sports some coaches try different things to help their players perform. In DeSoto, boys basketball coach Chris Dyer has found something he believes works to cut down on injury.

Every one of the 31 Dallas County sheriff’s deputies who took a sergeant’s promotional exam last week failed, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.

A Dallas County sheriff’s deputy who had been in the apartment of Thomas Eric Duncan — the man who died from Ebola — was taken to a hospital after feeling ill Wednesday afternoon. NBC 5 confirmed that Sr. Sgt. Michael Monnig with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office originally went to CareNow in Frisco complaining that he felt ill. Sgt. Chris...